Professor Theodore McCord of George Mason University will be the keynote speaker for the Middlesex County Museum Fall Fundraiser. The event will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, in a newly-preserved barn at Historic Rosegill.
McCord will talk about a wedding that took place Dec. 29, 1741, between Alice Grymes of Brandon, next door to Rosegill, and Mann Page II of Rosewell in Gloucester.
Alice Grymes was the daughter of John and Lucy Grymes, and Mann Page II was the son of Mann Page I and Judith Carter, daughter of Robert “King” Carter of Lancaster County.
McCord holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in history, both from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in history from American University. He is the author of the book “Across the Fence but a World Apart.” His career included teaching as a U.S. history professor at George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. McCord also was the curator at Mount Gilead House in Centreville from 1997 until 2022. Built...